UL-Jih


UL-Jih sro, also known as UL-Jih Sedláĉek Spol s.r.o. and Sedláček UL-JIH, is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Kaplice, founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.
The company is a Společnost s ručením omezeným, a Czech private limited company.
While UL-Jih designs and builds aircraft, they are marketed by an affiliated company Fascination A.S., which is headed by Dušan Novotný and located in Brno, Czech Republic. UL-Jih head Jaroslav Sedláček is listed as head of production for Fascination A.S.

History

Founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990, UL-Jih was conceived as a design, manufacturing, flight training and repair facility, using both composite materials and traditional aircraft construction techniques. Initial business involved the repair of hang gliders and ultralight aircraft.
The first aircraft designed was the simple and inexpensive UL-Jih Kolibřík, designed with Josef Mareš, which sold 36 aircraft. This was followed by the UL-Jih Lišák and production of 41 of the Sunwheel biplanes designed by Wolfgang Dallach. Sedláček's UL-Jih Fascination, a family of two seat, low wing microlights, first flew in 1996 and has been under constant development ever since. The UL-Jih Evolution high-wing microlight first flew in 2002.
The company also offers flight training at its school at the Velešín airport.

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
UL-Jih Kolibřík199036ultralight aircraft
UL-Jih Lišák1990stwo-seat conventional landing gear ultralight aircraft
Dallach Sunwheel1990s41two-seat biplane ultralight aircraft
UL-Jih Fascination1996200 two-seat low-wing ultralight aircraft
UL-Jih Evolution16 February 20026 two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft